ZIP 50465 vs ZIP 56033

This side-by-side compares ZIP 50465 (Rake, IA) and ZIP 56033 (Frost, MN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 50465 has a population of 250 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 56033 has 345 at 4 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 50465 reports a median household income of $42,386 against $83,214 in ZIP 56033, with per-capita income of $27,220 vs $39,384. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.0% in 50465 and 16.7% in 56033. Poverty rate reads 23.3% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 6.1% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $49,000 in 50465 versus $82,100 in 56033, with median rent of $650 and $825 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 93.8% vs 89.0%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.